The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virginal

Date:: 16th or 17th century
Geography:: Italy
Medium:: Wood and various materials
Dimensions:: Inner Instrument: perpendicular to keyboard 41.5 cm, parallel to keyboard 156.8 cm, depth 20.8 cm, 3-octave span 52.2 cm, Sounding lengths (and plucking points): C/E 137.8 (28.0) cm c2 32.6 (10.2) cm c3 16.2 (7.5) cm
Classification:: Chordophone-Zither
Credit Line:: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number:: 89.4.1209

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: (suspicious-looking inscription on bottom) Di Gio: Lizano Callèi (?)
References

Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1904, vol. I, pg. 85.

Catalogue of Keyboard Instruments. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1903, pg. 37,39, ill.
See also
What
Musical instruments (5,241)

Chordophones (1,444)

Zithers (316)

Harpsichords (48)

Virginals (13)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Italy (20,983)
In the Museum
Musical Instruments (5,221)